Sequential State – the comics criticism archive of Alex Hoffman

Tag: science fiction

  • Review: Curveball by Jeremy Sorese  Let’s start with the basics. Curveball, the first major graphic novel release written and illustrated by Jeremy Sorese, is the loveliest print object with a spine to come across my desk this year. Nobrow has pulled out all the stops with this book; a lovely cover with smartly placed spot…

  • Review: An Entity Observes All Things by Box Brown

    Review: An Entity Observes All Things by Box Brown

    An Entity Observes All Things is 152 pages of perfect bound science fiction short stories, some of which have been published previously as mini comics (including New Physics, a review of which you can find here). The collection uses a limited color palette; each story uses 3-4 tones, mostly block primary colors, with some lavender and fuchsia…

  • Review: The Oven by Sophie Goldstein  The Oven is a book I’ve written about briefly in the past – starting out as a serialized black and white comic in the Maple Key anthology, it was published earlier this year by AdHouse as a 2 tone black, white, and orange perfect bound book with orange gilding.…